Average flood insurance payouts climbing above $32,000 change the stakes of how you think about water risk at home. Instead of a nuisance add‑on to your homeowners policy, flood coverage now sits much ...

Persistent extreme weather patterns and escalating reconstruction costs are forcing national insurance premiums to rise far beyond standard inflation.

Insurers, banks, and loss adjusters are ramping up their claims and customer service operations across Queensland and the ...

Flooding can hit fast in Hawaiʻi, and a heavy rainstorm can fill streets and streams within minutes. Yet only a small share ...

The insurance check to rebuild Zaire Calvin’s family properties came in at just under $300,000, a drop in the bucket compared to the roughly $2.1 million they had been worth. His family had five ...

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ROANOKE CO., Va. – What may just look like lines on a map, could mean hundreds or even thousands of dollars a year for some homeowners. New preliminary flood maps released by the Federal Emergency ...

About twice as many Harris County residents may soon be required to carry flood insurance, affecting neighborhoods from Greenspoint to Kashmere Gardens, according to new flood maps released by the ...

Last year, we got word that Barbarian and Weapons director Zach Cregger's mysterious sci-fi horror movie, The Flood, had stalled at Netflix due to the filmmaker insisting that he wants the film to ...

SPRINGFIELD — Mayor Dominic J. Sarno implored Thursday for the state’s Group Insurance Commission to hold off on changes that could make care more expensive. Springfield is a major player in the ...

Nearly a decade after Hurricane Harvey rewrote Houston's relationship with severe weather, new draft flood maps offer the most detailed look at who may face higher or lower flood risks in the years ...

HOUSTON — FEMA has released new draft floodplain maps for Harris County, expanding areas considered at risk for flooding across much of the region. Experts say the updated maps reflect increased ...